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To bookend Kultur Kritik’s post on the cigar and mustache man is this year’s European Beard and Moustache Championships held in Leogang in the Austrian Alps. 150 contestants ‘competed in 17 eccentric categories, including “Freestyle Beard,” “Natural Moustache” and “Verdi,” with the winner of the last category bearing a style akin to the famous 19th…

“What we’re asking you to do is fairly ridiculous,” says Cut&Paste founder John Fiorelli to a room of contestants. What he and the rest of the Cut&Paste crew is asking, exactly, is for this group of designers to battle each other in a high-energy, tournament-style competition in one of three categories: 2D, 3D, and Motion…